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it was one of the worst destroyed areas in the whole of north america. and in this case, it was the people who decided they wouldn't tolerate this any longer. so the missions from the nickel factory had actually leached away almost everything. it was just visit there blackrock, but the people begin getting fertilizer and spreading under sprinkling it on the rocks that they get support from their local government, and now it is beautiful. >> we have a question in about three minutes. >> well you have to wait about five minutes. [laughter] [applause] >> i can't stop in three minutes. are we in a hurry? must be stopped exactly on time? thank you. thank you. thank you. so if you have to go, you have to go. but i'm not going to be back here for ages, and i really have stuff to share. [laughter] >> and i had played guitar for another 10 minutes. so if that's okay with all of you. [applause] >> so now if you go, you can not only see that it's got trees that could have wild animals come back. the falcon had been locally extinct for 50 years and that's another st
it was one of the worst destroyed areas in the whole of north america. and in this case, it was the people who decided they wouldn't tolerate this any longer. so the missions from the nickel factory had actually leached away almost everything. it was just visit there blackrock, but the people begin getting fertilizer and spreading under sprinkling it on the rocks that they get support from their local government, and now it is beautiful. >> we have a question in about three minutes....
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the market for meth in america is nearly as old as industrialization. poor and working-class americans had been consuming the drug since the 1930s whether it was marketed as men si green, meth green or o bead run for the simple reason that meth makes you feel good and permit you to work hard. thanks to the brothers and lori arnold, these same people no longer needed to rely on expensive prescriptions and were able to get a stronger form of meth at a much better price. this at a time when the drug's effects were arguably more useful than ever. so, too, did meth become more widely available at exactly the moment that rural economies collapsed and people left. under those circumstances, those who remained felt they needed the drug most. by 1987 if you wanted meth and you lived in southern iowa or in northern missouri, you went to the bar that lori arnold now owned, the wild side. there the increasingly beleaguered ottumwa police whose numbers were shrinking alongside county and city tax revenues had little chance of interrupting lori's profitable crank bus
the market for meth in america is nearly as old as industrialization. poor and working-class americans had been consuming the drug since the 1930s whether it was marketed as men si green, meth green or o bead run for the simple reason that meth makes you feel good and permit you to work hard. thanks to the brothers and lori arnold, these same people no longer needed to rely on expensive prescriptions and were able to get a stronger form of meth at a much better price. this at a time when the...
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god bless america. god bless india. [applause] >> president obama welcoming indian prime minister singh to the white house. that is scheduled for 11:35 a.m. eastern. and we will have that for you live on c-span. >> and more coverage tonight. >> thanksgiving day on c-span at 10 eastern bill clinton is on hand to present steven spielberg with this year's liberty medal from the national constitution center. also stanley greenberg and part of a panel assessing the obama presidency, and from the jfk library and museum nick burns and lesley gill on terrorism and nuclear weapons. at five, hip-hop artist and actor ludicrous on youth mentoring. coming this thanksgiving on c-span american icon, three nights of c-span or regional documentaries on the iconic homes of the three branches of american government. beginning thursday night at eight eastern, the supreme court, home to america's highest court review of the exquisite detail through the eyes of supreme court justices. then friday at 8 p.m. eastern the white house, inside ame
god bless america. god bless india. [applause] >> president obama welcoming indian prime minister singh to the white house. that is scheduled for 11:35 a.m. eastern. and we will have that for you live on c-span. >> and more coverage tonight. >> thanksgiving day on c-span at 10 eastern bill clinton is on hand to present steven spielberg with this year's liberty medal from the national constitution center. also stanley greenberg and part of a panel assessing the obama...
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it was ireland and it was new york and america. and then, you know, it's so hard to gauge happiness. to have a book is an enormous privilege. to have a reader is an enormous privilege. and to have your colleagues read your book and to vote for your book is an extraordinary. of course, literature he and everyone who is here tonight has one and all sorts of ways. all i want to say is that stories our democracy. they are the purest form of engagement. as somebody who's come from ireland and come here and i am extraordinarily honoredby the fact, it seems to me, and american literature is able to embrace an american publishing is able to embrace the other. and the best honor of all is being able to embrace the other. i believe in the power of the word. i believe in dave eggers and do you have to take this honor as a challenge. in best fiction writers and people who believe in the word, that we have to enter the anonymous corners of human experience. and to make that little corner right. and there's so much i want to say. they are so man
it was ireland and it was new york and america. and then, you know, it's so hard to gauge happiness. to have a book is an enormous privilege. to have a reader is an enormous privilege. and to have your colleagues read your book and to vote for your book is an extraordinary. of course, literature he and everyone who is here tonight has one and all sorts of ways. all i want to say is that stories our democracy. they are the purest form of engagement. as somebody who's come from ireland and come...
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Nov 24, 2009
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>> voice of america. mr. ambassador could the negotiation between tehran and washington, do you think the subject of human rights should be included? >> my name is wrong with washington tv. your talk discussed bilateral relations however talks of the multilateral for many years, number one. number two their actors that have the interest in the results of negotiations that are not part of it, namely israel and the arab world so how the factor that into this world? >> yes, i would also like to ask about iran's role in the region particularly with respect to afghanistan both positive and negative mac and how does that factor into any negotiations and is that something that can be used in the negotiations? >> okay. let's see how we do this. it gets that-- the question you asked about sunni-shia issues, it seems to me to get back to this pendulum swing we talked about between state and cause, and which one prevailed. it is very clear to me that the priority for the islamic republic in the last 30 years has been it
>> voice of america. mr. ambassador could the negotiation between tehran and washington, do you think the subject of human rights should be included? >> my name is wrong with washington tv. your talk discussed bilateral relations however talks of the multilateral for many years, number one. number two their actors that have the interest in the results of negotiations that are not part of it, namely israel and the arab world so how the factor that into this world? >> yes, i...
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inside america's most famous home, beyond the velvet ropes of public tours. our position as the grand public places as well as those releasing spaces. and saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, the capital, the history, arts, and architecture of one of america's most symbolic structures. american icons, three memorable nights, thursday, friday, and saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. get your own copy of american icons. a three disc cd set. order online at c-span.org/store. >> the brookings institute hosted a discussion on the fiscal state of u.s. cities. speakers include a number of city mayors and jared bernstein, chief economist and vice president joe biden. this is almost three hours. >> i'm here today to have a very timely for them on the fiscal challenges of facing cities and metropolitan areas in the united states. and the implications for the economic recovery. as many of you know, of the standing contention of our program at berkeley and is that we are a metropolitan nation, that the national economy as a central makeup of a network of metropolitan econ
inside america's most famous home, beyond the velvet ropes of public tours. our position as the grand public places as well as those releasing spaces. and saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, the capital, the history, arts, and architecture of one of america's most symbolic structures. american icons, three memorable nights, thursday, friday, and saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. get your own copy of american icons. a three disc cd set. order online at c-span.org/store. >> the brookings...
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professional football is the most popular sport in america. it is important the league and the players make every effort to make pro football as safe as reasonably possible. the nfl should continue to study the potential long-term effects of head injuries on player health. the league should also study whether equipment improvements or stricter rules enforcement could reduce long-term impacts of head injuries. and of course college and high school officials should do the same. congress should not attempt to influence the upcoming collective bargaining process, the nfl, and its players union are about to undertake. we should also avoid the temptation to legislate in this area. and football, like soccer, and rugby and even basketball and baseball involves contact that can produce injuries. we cannot eliminate regulation without eliminating the games themselves. and the retired player study concludes, the study finds retired players to be in good stead, overall. and their history of physical fitness shows up in lower rates of diabetes and cardiora
professional football is the most popular sport in america. it is important the league and the players make every effort to make pro football as safe as reasonably possible. the nfl should continue to study the potential long-term effects of head injuries on player health. the league should also study whether equipment improvements or stricter rules enforcement could reduce long-term impacts of head injuries. and of course college and high school officials should do the same. congress should...